Trousers-supporter



L. WOODS.

TROUSERS SUPPORTER. 1 APPLICATION FILED AUG-H, [919- 1,385, 1 03 Patented July 19, 1921;

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Ji ly 19, 1921 Application filed August 11, 1319. Serial No. 316,760.

T 0 all to how; it may. concern Be it known that I, LEONARD W'oons, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in trousers supporters, the peculiarities of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The main object of my invention is to provide means to engage readily the I waist band of the trousers by the top of the supporters; secondly to engage readily a folded tongue of the shirt of the wearer by the bottom of the supporter; and thirdly to provide a simple and efficient yet stiff plate form of supporter.

This supporter is of the style that is interposed between the shirt and trousers ofthe wearer, and below the top of the waist band,-the engaged to the wearers shirt and the top ends or prongs of the device being engaged to the inside or upper part of the trousers band, and thereby supporting the trousers upon the shirt in afree and loose condition without the binding effect produced by the ordinary belt.

In the accompanying drawing on which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a back or inside view of a supporter illustrating my invention; Fig. 2, a similar front or outside view of such a supporterFig. 3, a sectional edge view of the same taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. l, a detail perspective view of a flat collar adapted to be fastened to the inside of a trousers band for engagement with one arm of the supporter; and Fig. '5, a perspective View illustrating use of my supporters.

The letter A designates the body of a supporter of my style preferably in a plate form and the letter B the base or lower extension of said body. C designates one arm and Dthe corresponding opposite arm substantially in the same horizontal plane and extending outward laterally and upward from the body A, and designed to engage with the trousers band.

The base B is preferably flaring laterally and provided with means'for engaging the shirt of the wearer, such as two horizontal slots,--an upper slot E, with a V-shaped bottom end of the device being I notch in its lower edge and'a lower curved slot F adjacent to the curved base B. These slots are adapted to receive a folded tongue of the wearers shirt which is preferably brought forward under the bottom end of the base, then upward and inward through the lower slot F and then upward still on the back side and outward through the slot E; the tip end is passed downward and pinched by said downwardly converging notch e on the lower edge of the slot E; the lower edge of the slot F is preferably provided with outwardly pointed teeth or serrations that are pressed againstthe folded tongue under the downward pressure of the supporter caused by the weight of the trousers that are fastened to the upper ends of the said arms. The lower slot F is larger than the upper so as to receive the larger inner portion of the folded tongue, while the smaller tip portion passes through the smaller upper slot E and is engaged by the notch 6.

One of the arms C, preferably, is shorter than the other and more nearly over the point of support formed by the base B engaged to the wearers shirt, and thus a larger portion of the weight of the trousers would be carried by this shorter arm which is preferably located about at the seam of the trousers as indicated in Fig. 5. The other arm extends backward toward the rear of the trousers as generally disposed, and forms with the first named arm, an approximate Y with the base extension from the body A. The arm C is adapted to be horizontally inserted in a flat collar G having openings by which it may be sewed permanently to the inside of the trousers band, and having a projecting lip g at one side adapted to guide the arm G into engagement with the collar. The arm C is fiat and preferably tapering on its lower edge and provided with a hook 0 at the top for engagement with the adjacent edge of the collar after insertion of the arm laterally therein. It can be readily withdrawn horizontally, but forms a secure point of support for the vertical weight of the trousers. The longer arm D of the supporter is preferably provided with a loop H extending upward, and over and downward on the outside of the trousers band, and provided with means for engaging detachably that portion of the band. Such means preferably consist of a bent lever pivoted to the bottom end of the loop H by a pin 71, passing through sides of the loop that are perforated below the end of the loop. The lever preferably spreads out laterally and .is rounded on lts outer face, and has registering-perforated side lips that embrace the bent-out and extended sides .of the loop and covers the outer portion of the loop H as shown in Fig. 2, and presents an ornamental appearance on the trousers band and may have a monogram or other design upon the outer face. The short arm I extends inward towardthe body of the supporter, and is adapted to engage the outer portion or faceof the trousers band and compress it against a notch A in said body portion. hen in gripping position, this short end of the lever is slightly below the horizontal plane through the pivot h as shown in Fig. 3, and the long arm of'the lever extends upward andpreferably curved inward over the top. of the loop H as shown in Fig. 3,. so that the upper end J may be readily engaged by the finger or the thumb of the wearer and. pressed outward in the direction of the arrow Fig. 8., when it is desired to detach the short end I from engagement with the band. By this gripping engagement of the long arm of the supporter upon another portion of the band, the disengagement of the other arm of the supporter horizontally with the'flat collar G, is prevented. The downward pull of the trousers on the short end of the lever, keeps the long end normally located close to the outer portion of the loop H. Both arms of the supporter may have either of the above means for engaging the trousers band; or one may differ from the other as shown.

The side edges of the base are bent outward as at K Fig. 2, to present a smooth inner face to thewearers. shirt and body, and the upper arms are bent inward at L Fig. 1, to prevent fraying the, adjacent trousers band and at the same time afford the required stiffness to the plate form of the supporter.v The said loop H is likewise stiffened by turning the edges in a similar manner, as shown in Figs. land 3; while the preferred engagement of the folded tongue of the shirt, is as shown, it may be otherwise engaged. V

I claim:

comprising a plate body having upper arms extending outward laterally, and having a base with a horizontally disposed engaging end and provided with upper and lower slots located one over the other and having engagingedges, adapted to receive a folded tongue of the wearers shirt that is passed under said base and back and forth through said slots so that it is held by frictional engagement against said engaging edges of the slots and the bottom edge of the base and held on the base by the downward pull on the plate caused by the weight of the trousers, and means to secure said upper arms to the trousers band.

2'. A device of the character described comprising a plate body having upper arms one of which is adapted to engage the trousers band and the other arm to engage means permanently attached to the trousers, and having a downwardly extending base adapted to engage the shirt of the wearer,said base having two slots one above the other and one larger than the other-,'adapted to receive a folded tongue of the shirt passed below said base to the outside, then upward and through said slots in reverse directions to be held by frictional engagement with the edges of said slots,-a converging notch in the edge of one slot being adapted to pinch the tip end of the folded tongue.

3. r device of the character described comprising a plate body having a base, and

also having upper arms horizontally disposed,one arm having a loop adapted to extend upward, pver the trousers band and downward outside the band; a bent lever pivoted in the lower outer end of said loop,-the short end of the lever ending adjacent to the body and below the horizontal plane through the pivot, when. the long curved end of the lever is thrown inwardly so that it lies close to the outer face and top of said loop,-mea-ns to engage the other arm of the body to another portion of the trousers band, and means to engage the wearers shirt by said base.

4. A device of the character described comprising a plate body having a base and also having upper arms,one of said arms having a flat lateral prong, a flat plate collar adapted to be fastened permanently to the inside of the trousers band and receive horizontally the lateral prong of said arm to support the trousers at that point, means carriedby the other arm to engage another portion of the trousers band, and prevent lateral disengagement of said lateral prong and collar, and means to support said base on the wearers shirt.

5. A device of the character described comprising a plate body having a base and laterally extending upper arms adapted to engage respectively the wearers shirt and 1. A device of the .character described trousers band, and having the lateral edges of said base bent outwardly to avoid pressure against the body and shirt of the wearer, and having the edges of the said arms bent inwardly to avoid wearing the trousers band, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. A device of the character described comprising a loop extending upward, and over and downward and having outwardly bent sides extending below the end of the loop and perforated for a pivot and adapted to slip over the edge of a trousers band; and a bent lever having a short end directed innormal gripping position, and a pivot pin passing through the registering perforetlons of the lips of said lever and the extended 10 sides of the loop, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

LEONARD WOODS. 

